First Time Growing Anything

I thought I'd better get on here and wrap this grow up before I get too busy with the next one. First things first - I might have thought I order White Widow Autos, but according to the invoice that shipped with the seeds I received White Widow feminized photos. This would sure explain a lot of what I observed during this grow! Knowing myself like I do, I suspect the mistake was all mine and not ILGM's. I harvested 3 plants (at 19, at 20, and at 21 weeks) just to see how much of a difference it made in the final result. For me the last plant I harvested gives a better high than the earlier 2. I included two photos of the root structure - to my untrained eye it looks very healthy and makes me wonder if I might want to go with larger pots next time - I used 5 gallons for this grow - maybe 7's or 10's next time around. What else did I learn... Fungus gnats are manageable, but success will require some effort. In the last half of the grow I ended up pulling all the plants from their grow room and getting them outside on breezy days around once every 2 weeks. Followed by bleaching in the grow room and using a small vacuum to blow and suck bugs away from the plants. I'm glad I grew in an active soil (Fox Farms Coco Loco). I was able to hold off on fertilizing until the plants went into flower about 9 weeks) and after that I only used half strength nutrients every 4 days. I actually watered by weighing the plants on a scale. A little extra work, but it was worth it for reallyt taking out some of the guess work in watering for a new grower who needed all the help he could get. Keep Good Notes! I used a tall (48 inches) oscillating tower fan and I think it helped keep the bugs down and made for an overall stronger plant. I pruned pretty aggressively during the final four weeks. I completely defoliated the lower 10 inches or so to get some much needed ventilation near the soil level. At the first sign that a leaf was showing signs of dying I pruned it which seemed to help keep the bugs down. Also, did a good bit of pruning just to open up buds to more light. I never did a lot all at once, but over time it added up to quite a bit. The plant never seemed any worse for the wear from being aggressively pruned. It took longer than I expected for the plants to reach harvest. In hindsight I quit fertilizing too early. Some humidity is good when drying buds. The rH in my drying area probably average about 20% - way too dry! I should have either humidified the room or started curing way earlier as the buds ended up overly dry. I'm having pretty good success in rehydrating using Bovida humidity pacs, but I should have humidified the room. All in all, I learned a lot and had a lot of fun. I've already started the next grow! From what I can gather, averaging 3.6 ounces per plant for an indoor grow of this strain is pretty good, at least for a first time grower. Best of luck to all and please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.